Technology governance and PMO advisory

A clear picture of your technology, and a governance model your people will actually use.

Vantage and Vector is an independent advisory firm. We help technology and business leaders see their technology estate as it really is, then fix how technology work gets requested, decided and delivered.

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Services

Four fixed-scope engagements

Each one has a defined scope, a fixed fee and a named senior consultant doing the work. Most clients start with an assessment or a health check and move to the follow-on work when they are ready.

Technology discovery and current-state assessment

A four to six week look across IT and the business that gives leadership one shared, factual view of the technology estate.

Stakeholder interviews and themes
Application and asset baseline
Capability-to-application map
Stewardship model and gap analysis
Executive readout with prioritized next steps

Program health check

An independent review of one troubled, stalled or failed program, such as an ERP, CRM, billing or field-service system.

Root causes, not blame
Decision-rights and governance findings
Options to recover, re-scope or stop

Governance and PMO build

We design and stand up the process that decides which technology work gets done, in what order, and who owns it.

Work intake and prioritization
Portfolio governance and decision rights
PMO charter and staffing model
12 to 18 month technology roadmap

Fractional PMO lead

A part-time PMO or technology-governance lead who runs the new process day to day while you recruit and build your own team.

Runs intake and portfolio reviews
Coaches project managers and sponsors
Hands over to your permanent staff

Approach

How an assessment runs

A standard playbook keeps the work on schedule and on budget, with a weekly check of hours against plan.

Week 1
Kickoff

Confirm sponsors and scope, send the information request, schedule interviews.
Weeks 1 to 3
Interviews

Talk with IT and business leaders, review documents, build the application inventory.
Weeks 3 to 4
Synthesis

Map capabilities to applications, define stewardship, identify gaps and risks.
By week 6
Readout

Present findings to leadership with a prioritized, priced set of next steps.

Who we serve

Technology groups that have outgrown informal decision-making

We work with companies and public agencies of any size whose technology organization has grown past decisions made by hallway conversation. They want a forward-looking structure: clear intake, shared priorities and a roadmap leadership can fund with confidence. We are based near Portland, Oregon, and registered to work in all 50 states.

Growing companiesIT grew with the business, but the way work gets chosen and governed did not keep up.
Organizations after a merger or reorganizationSeveral technology teams now need one way to set priorities and make decisions.
Lean IT teams carrying big changeSmall teams delivering modernization work with little or no PMO capacity.
Utilities and public agenciesBoard-governed organizations that need transparency in how technology dollars are spent.

When to call us

Signs it is time for an outside view

A major program failed or stalledYou need to know why before funding the next one.
New leadershipA new CIO, CTO or IT leader wants a factual baseline in the first year.
Leadership asked for a planExecutives, the board or auditors want a technology strategy or portfolio view you can stand behind.
Work arrives by the side doorProjects bypass intake and IT has no way to say not yet.

Why Vantage and Vector

Senior judgment at a small-firm price

The person you meet does the work

A senior practitioner who has run this work inside a public utility leads every interview and every readout.

Fixed scope, fixed fee

Entry engagements are sized to fit a single budget approval, including public-sector purchasing rules, with a clear out-of-scope list and no surprise change orders.

Weeks, not quarters

A tested playbook and reusable templates deliver a leadership-ready readout in about six weeks.